As a Senior Automation Engineer, you will join a dynamic, multicultural team and collaborate on international projects from contract signing to final delivery. You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and commissioning advanced automation solutions, while providing technical leadership and ensuring best practices across projects.

Responsibilities / Tasks
- Implementing automation solutions for international projects (2–8 per year)
- Designing, programming, and commissioning PLC and SCADA systems in industrial environments
- Taking end-to-end accountability for automation scope delivery, ensuring quality, timing, and budget compliance
- Traveling internationally for commissioning activities (up to 45% of your time)
- Ensuring compliance with customer specifications, GEA norms, and automation standards
- Documenting engineering activities and developing functional analyses
- Supervising electrical panel assembly and FAT
- Conducting equipment IO tests and basic electrical measurements
- Coordinating with external suppliers for material procurement




- Promoting innovation and productivity improvements
- Adhering to and evaluating safety during commissioning
- Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers when required
- Sharing knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices across teams
- Delivering regular progress reports and proactively managing project risks
- Identifying and implementing innovation opportunities and new tools/products
- Making operational decisions and delivering technical automation solutions

Your Profile / Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering or similar (Automation, Telecommunications, etc.); Master’s degree is a plus
- Minimum 2+ years of proven experience implementing PLC and SCADA automation solutions in industrial environments
- Mechanical & electrical engineering know-how
- Expertise in electricity, automation, control systems, and pneumatics
- Advanced PLC programming (Siemens, Schneid

📌 Senior Automation Engineer (Alcobendas)
🏢 Gea Group
📍 Alcobendas